Verfasst von:	Walldorf, C. William [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	To shape our world for good
Titelzusatz:	master narratives and regime change in U.S. foreign policy, 1900-2011
Verf.angabe:	C. William Walldorf Jr.
Verlagsort:	Ithaca ; London
Verlag:	Cornell University Press
Jahr:	2019
Umfang:	x, 280 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Diagramme
Fussnoten:	Literaturangaben, Register
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Introduction : master narratives and forceful regime change
	The liberal narrative, restraint narrative and patterns of forceful regime change
	The broad patterns
	Regime change in Korea and China
	Regime change in Cuba and Vietnam
	Regime change in El Salvador and Grenada
	Regime change in Iraq and Libya
	The implications of master narrative politics
ISBN:	978-1-5017-3827-2
Abstract:	Why does the United States pursue robust military invasions to change some foreign regimes but not others? Conventional accounts focus on geopolitics or elite ideology. C. William Walldorf, Jr., argues that the politics surrounding two broad, public narratives - the liberal narrative and the restraint narrative - often play a vital role in shaping US decisions whether to pursue robust and forceful regime change. Using current sociological work on cultural trauma, Walldorf explains how master narratives strengthen (and weaken), and he develops clear predictions for how and when these narratives will shape policy. To Shape Our World For Good demonstrates the importance and explanatory power of the master-narrative argument, using a sophisticated combination of methods: quantitative analysis and eight cases in the postwar period that include Korea, Vietnam, and El Salvador during the Cold War and more recent cases in Iraq and Libya. The case studies provide the environment for a critical assessment of the connections among the politics of master narratives, pluralism, and the common good in contemporary US foreign policy and grand strategy. Walldorf adds new insight to our understanding of US expansionism and cautions against the dangers of misusing popular narratives for short-term political gains—a practice all too common both past and present.
Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Außenpolitik    / (s)Politisches System    / (s)Systemtransformation    / (z)Geschichte 1900-2011
	(s)Außenpolitik    / (s)Ursache    / (s)Circumstantia    / (s)Kultur    / (s)Ideologie    / (s)Darstellung    / (s)Öffentliche Meinung    / (s)Maßnahme    / (s)Militärische Intervention    / (s)Machtwechsel    / (s)Regierungswechsel    / (s)Umsturz    / (g)USA
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Walldorf, C. William, Jr., 1967- author: To shape our world for good. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 |(DLC)2018045067
Sach-SW:	Vereinigte Staaten
	United States
	Statistische Analyse
	Statistical analysis
K10plus-PPN:	1031358757